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Further the Acting Superintendent of the Gaol states that during the year 1881, 23/ prisoners were committed to Gaol who had been
convicted 3 or more times for previously lavceny and who under the former system would have been deported.
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The increase in the
daily average number of prisoners confined is explained therefore to some extent by the larger number of prisoners sentenced for long periods and by the presence of prisoners who formerly were deported. The Return Ne 3 annexed shows that the total
number of prisoners who passed through the Gaol in 1876 was 4065 of whom 3727 were convicted and 338
were
Enclosure 3. 14th July, 1882.
year
1881 the
were on remand. In the total number of prisoners who passed through the Gool
was 4150
of whom
3505 were convicted and 645 were on
remand. The number of prisoners
convicted.
during
the latter
year
was
therefore smaller than in 1876 whilst the number of remanded prisoners had nearly doubled. I propose
e question whether
to examine the
or not there has been an
increase of crime
fully
in
more
forwarding the
the Captain
Annual Report of
Superintendent